Lots of hailing at Newcastle United.
Posted on October 12th, 2009 | 64 Comments |
What is it with all this hail?
First up there’s the Chronicle’s Marlon Harewood hails buoyant Newcastle. This is basically about how Hitman Harewood’s preconceptions about the Toon were rapidly disproved when he join us on loan.
He can be forgiven for thinking we were a club in disarray given events of the last 12 months but now he says we’re not the ‘crisis club’ he first thought we were. Harewood said:
“I haven’t seen anything bad here, just a really good set of professionals.
“They went down and they were upset about it, but I haven’t seen any evidence of last season.
“They have a job to do now and that is to get back in the Premier League – that’s all I have seen.”
Then in what can only be described as an editorial blunder, the Chronicle has another ‘hailing’ article on the same day with Mick Martin hails ‘caretaker’ Chris Hughton. The former skipper has this to say about Hughton:
“The team are thriving at the moment. Chris has done a remarkable job in the circumstances and I commend him and the team for their efforts.
“It was always important for them to get a good start and to hit the ground running, and Chris has managed to achieve that. Everything has really followed that – players have confidence and Chris himself is starting to feel a bit more confident as a manager.
“I played with Chris for Ireland for six years and he’s a great guy. I pop in to see him from time to time and I’m delighted it’s working out for him because he’s dedicated and hard-working.
“He would have said himself that he was more of a coach, but he has developed as a manager and I wonder whether now he wants the job. I don’t think he’s ever come out and said that in so many words but, having got to this stage, he’ll be thinking ‘I can do this job’.
“But he’s been in the game long enough to know that people have short memories. He only has to lose two games and people will start to get uncomfortable again, and it is inevitable that Alan’s name will begin to crop up again.
“My feeling is that Alan would still love to do the job and he’s a legend in Newcastle. He is up there with Jackie Milburn, not just for what he did on the pitch but for the fact that he stayed in Newcastle and he knows the people, he knows the area and he has that understanding of the club.
“Newcastle United is still a big club that maybe needs big characters, and that is where Alan fits in. He’s a phenomenon round here and that is why people are still talking about him. If it was anyone else, maybe they wouldn’t be.”
The 3rd ‘hailing’ article is from the Northern Echo where apparently Guthrie hails new faces. I was never a fan of the show myself, but this is what Danny Guthrie had to say about the new loan arrivals at the club:
“They’ve made a big difference. They’ve all played recently and done really well. Marlon’s the newest and you can see what he brings. He’s a different option. He’s big, strong, he’s got good pace and he can score goals. Danny Simpson’s done great at rightback and Khizanishvili looks a good player.
“Marlon (Harewood) brings us something different and I think that’s important. We’ve used Andy and Nile recently and they’ve both done really well. They’re both really strong lads, as is Shola, who did really well at the start of the season. But he’s injured now and we needed someone else. Marlon’s a bit different because he gives you that option in behind. I think that’s what we needed.”
So there we have it. It’s hailing heavily at Newcastle United today. I wonder what tomorrow’s weather will bring.
NUFCBlog Author: Hugh de Payen
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